Translating the Bible

While studying your Bible, how many times have you wondered how other translations might read? After comparing a few versions, did you notice the wide variance between the selections of words from version to version? If the words are so…

The Translators To The Reader Preface to the King James Version 1611 The Best Things Have Been Culminated Zeal to promote the common good, whether it be by devising anything ourselves, or revising that which hath been laboured by others,…

A Thesis by: Edgar J. Goodspeed The University of Chicago Press. Chicago – Illinois No book means so much to religion as the Bible. In all its forms it has greatly served religion, and in its modern forms its meaning…

Example of why archaic language of the KJV is a barrier to knowing about Jesus. All the archaic words in this paragraph are found in the KJV: “Sith the noise of the bruit of this school hath reached to thee-ward,…

The Bloodline of History Benjamin Wilkinson In the realm of “King James Version Onlyism,” just such a genealogy of error can be easily traced. All writers who embrace the KJV only position have derived their views ultimately from Seventh-day Adventist…

A friend recently asked me about one of the common objections raised by the KJV-Only movement to the use of “any manuscripts that come from Egypt.” One particular preacher he sat under was very fond of launching into a tirade…

The King James Version, or “Authorized Version,” of the Bible, first published in 1611 under the authority of England’s King James (hence the designation, “Authorized”), was in that day a very good translation, and is yet today a useful translation.…

Special thanks to Bill Reid for providing some source documentation in this section. Errors where the KJV translation disagrees with the Textus Receptus: KJV translates…Textus Receptus actually says…”robbers of churches.” Acts 19:37Every known Greek manuscript has HIEROSULOUS, “robbers of temples””Lucifer”…

#1: The original KJV in 1611 AD when it first came out had no marginal notes. This is simply blind faith gone to seed! A statement based on wishful thinking without any proof and contrary to all known facts! The…

Was the translation process from original languages into English of 1611 A.D. protected from error by direct inspiration of the Holy Spirit? “KJV only” advocates say yes! The Facts say NO! Irrefutable proof the translators were not inspired. Introductory notes.…

[Editor’s note (2026): Some footnotes are references within the original writing and have no current link. Those that exist are linked.] But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering,…

(copyright free, permission given) These are just a few notes in defence of some translations of the Bible other than the KJV, particularly the NIV and the NASB. We have no intention of defending all modern translations or paraphrases. In…

Facts on the Textus Receptus and the King James Version. From the Biblical School of Theology, Hatfield, PA Facts About The So Called Textus Receptus How did the term “textus receptus” originate? It originated through a highly exaggerated statement—a publisher’s…

(Also known as the “Authorized Version.” This article contains much valuable information about Bible translating in General.) This work is an assortment of well-researched articles containing facts about the King James Bible, often referred to as the “Authorized Version.” There…